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heat, affection, limb, nor beauty, To make thy riches pleasant. What's yet in this That bears the name of life? Yet in this life Lie hid more thousand deaths: yet death we fear, 40 That makes these odds all even. _Claud._ I humbly thank you. To sue to live, I find I seek to die; And, seeking death, find life: let it come on. _Isab._ [_within_] What, ho! Peace here; grace and good company! _Prov._ Who's there? come in: the wish deserves a welcome. 45 _Duke._ Dear sir, ere long I'll visit you again. _Claud._ Most holy sir, I thank you. _Enter ISABELLA._ _Isab._ My business is a word or two with Claudio. _Prov._ And very welcome. Look, signior, here's your sister. 50 _Duke._ Provost, a word with you. _Prov._ As many as you please. _Duke._ Bring me to hear them speak, where I may be concealed. [_Exeunt Duke and Provost._ _Claud._ Now, sister, what's the comfort? 55 _Isab._ Why, As all comforts are; most good, most good indeed. Lord Angelo, having affairs to heaven, Intends you for his swift ambassador, Where you shall be an everlasting leiger: 60 Therefore your best appointment make with speed; To-morrow you set on. _Claud._ Is there no remedy? _Isab._ None, but such remedy as, to save a head, To cleave a heart in twain. _Claud._ But is there any? _Isab._ Yes, brother, you may live: 65 There is a devilish mercy in the judge, If you'll implore it, that will free your life, But fetter you till death. _Claud._ Perpetual durance? _Isab._ Ay, just; perpetual durance, a restraint, Though all the world's vastidity you had, 70 To a determined scope. _Claud._ But in what nature? _Isab._ In such a one as, you consenting to't, Would bark your honour from that trunk you bear, And leave you naked. _Claud._ Let me know the point. _Isab._ O, I do fear thee, Claudio; and I quake, 75 Lest thou a feverous life shouldst entertain, And six or seven winters more respect Than a perpetual honour. Darest thou die? The sense of death is most in apprehension; 75 And the poor beetle, that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great As when a giant
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